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underplacements

underplacements is the plural of underplacement.

Meaning of underplacement

Noun

underplacement (countable and uncountable, plural underplacements)

  1. Placement below or subordinate to others.
  2. Assignment to a placement that does not fully use the person's talents.
    • the underplacement of gifted students
  3. Extreme underconfidence.
    • The mistake of overplacement has led eager and ambitious entrepreneurs to throw their life savings into ventures that fail. The mistake of underplacement, on the other hand, regularly leads to terrible missed opportunities by those who would have succeeded had they only the courage to try.2012, Max H. Bazerman, Don A. Moore, Judgment in Managerial Decision Making, page 27

Questions about underplacements

What is underplacements the plural of?
Underplacements is the plural of underplacement.

Words near underplacements in the dictionary

  1. underpins
  2. underpitched
  3. underplace
  4. underplaced
  5. underplacement
  6. underplacements
  7. underplaces
  8. underplacing
  9. underplan
  10. underplanned
  11. underplanning

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